It is not without a tinge of irony that parking structures, the enablers of all the excessive car traffic I so despise in urban life, are often some of the best places to get beautiful views of the city. Tourists flock to the hotels along Ocean Avenue and the bluffs of Palisades Park, to catch […]

Santa Monica has been steadily rolling out more and more smart meters throughout the city with sensors for tracking when spaces are occupied. Nearly every paper in town has been writing about these installations, and the various policy tweaks and new features that accompany them. Perhaps the most controversial change is that there will be […]

Montana Avenue preliminary buffered bike lane markings. Following recent street repaving along Montana Ave., you may notice preliminary markings that are a little different than what was there before. Montana from 17th St. to 7th St. is being redesigned from standard minimum width bike lanes to include the new buffered bike lane treatment that was […]

Santa Monica city staff presented the beginnings of the developing Bergamot Area Plan to the Planning Commision Wednesday night for feedback, offering a promising look at what Santa Monica’s eastern transit oriented district might feel like. As part of the implementation of the LUCE general plan, a number of specific plans are being created involving […]

This non-profit development under construction at 28th & Pico, with 33 affordable units (all of the units at the site) targeted toward 50%-60% of median incomes, features 55 underground parking spaces that drive up construction cost. Santa Monica has done a lot of things right over the years, such as reinvesting in the public realm, […]

The debate on affordability and access to education turned ugly on Tuesday at Santa Monica College. A student protest of the board of trustees was halted by campus police using pepper spray, garnering national media attention. The heart of the contention between students and administrators is a proposal to maintain some classes slated to be […]